LEARN JAPANESE! Visit my site! japanesemadeeasy.webs.com Segments! Why segments are so important will be easyer to show with the kana charts The easiest ones are the 5 vowels. aiueo あ い う え お The next type is the consonant- vowel ka ki ku ke ko か き く け こ Next is the consonant-consonant- vowel shi tsu chi し つ ち Next are the glides kya kyu kyo きゃ きゅ きょ For a more indepth explaination of glides go to about kana etc. Finally is n n んWhen speaking Japanese each type of segment is used. When saying words each segment get equal value, regardless if it's, a, ka, shi, kya, or n. For example, if each segment was given one second to be said, then a is one second, just as kya is. This will help you pronounce words properly in Japanese. I made a video including segments. Please check out my other video lessons too Here are some examples using segments: su shi - sushi ni ho n - Japan ku ru ma - Car a ka i - Red ko n ni chi wa - Good after noon kyo u - Today People often neglect the extra "n" in konnichiwa, "n" and "ni" can't be fused togeather. They are separate segments! This is a prime example of why segments are so important. Without segments it's hard to know how to say words. Think of segments as notes of a song, each segment is a whole note. No matter how big or small it looks it is still a whole note. Think of the size as it's pitch, no matter the pitch the note is still the same length. Just because a pitch is low doesn't turn it into a quarter note, neither ...
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